Clothes-pin



'(Model.)

s..sTRoNG ioLoilHBs. PINi No. 257,987. Patented May 16, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SUTTON STRONG,l OF HARMONY, INDIANA.

CLOTHES-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,987, dated May 16, 1882.

Application filed March 23, 1882.

To all lwhom it may concern Be it known that I, SUTTON STRONG, a citizen of theUnitedStates, residing at Harmony,

in the. county of Clay and State ofIndiana,

have invented certain new and nsefulImprovements in Wire Clothes-Pins and I dohereby declare that the following is'a full, clear, 'and exact description Ot the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings isarepresentation of a perspective view of my invention'. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3 an edge view, of the same.

This invention relates to wire clothes-pins, and has for its object to provide such a pin as will hold the clothes firmly to the line, and

from its peculiar construction cannot become unlocked or disengaged from the line by their' weight or the action of the wind, and is readily adjusted to or detached from said line. These objects I attain by the construction substantially as shown in the drawings and hereiuaf ter described.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a clothes-pin, made of spring-wire bent to form a triangular loop at its upper end, and has depending arms a b. The arm a is bent horizon- (Modeh) no sharp corners or ends, which would do injury to the clothes while on the line.

When the pin is intended to be used it is placed upon the line, so that said line rests between the arm b and extension Vc of the arm a, as shown in Fig. 3, and is pressed down until the line has passed the horizontal portion ot' the said extension, when the pin is released and a utomatically makes a half-turn toward the right, thereby firmly locking the line between the arms a l), as indicated in Fig. l, the clothesline being represented as B.

To remove the pin it is grasped by the triangular loop at its top and turned in the direction Ot' the arrow until the extension c of the arm a lis parallel with the line, when the arm b will cause it to slide up entirely free of said line.

It will be seen by the foregoing description that I have constructed a clothes-pin which is neat in its apearancc, readily adjusted to and detached from the clothes-line, and cannot slip or becomeloose from the said line by the weight ofthe clothes or action of the wind.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The clothes-pin A, formed of spring-wire, with depending arms a b, the arm a being bent, substantially as shown, to form a triangular extension, c, while the arm b isbent and curved outwardly, substantially as and for the pur' pose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

SUTTON STRONG. Witnesses:

JAMES M. VIOKEAY, THOMAS THOMAS. 

